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After a careful inventory, Liang En and the others were able to determine that these items were basically personal items, such as buttons on clothes or metal reinforcements originally used for clothes, such as ribbons woven with gold threads.

The most eye-catching one is a scimitar used by cavalry. Because of the long time, all the organic matter has disappeared, leaving only the rusty blade and the precious metal-plated equipment on it.

What is more special is that there is a medal inlaid on the top of the equipment. This medal is a white cross with enamel on it, and the base metal is gold.

The center of the medal is also an enamel painting, with an ancient warrior on horseback on one side and Cyrillic letters on the other side.

"Second Class Medal of St. George -" After taking a closer look, Liang En recognized what it was. It was the Order of St. George of Tsarist Russia and one of the higher military medals in Tsarist Russia.

This medal was first established by Queen Catherine II in 1769. It has four levels (first and second level with stars) and is marked with the words "Service and Bravery". It will only be awarded to officers.

It was not until 1807 that Russia established this military medal to be awarded to brave soldiers and officers in combat. It is also a European tradition to inlay medals on sidearms, so it is completely reasonable to have your own medals inlaid on sabers.

At the same time, based on this medal, it can also be judged that the deceased buried here should be a Tsarist Russian general. Although it is impossible to see what the other party's situation is now, it is not too difficult to find the other party's identity.

The reason for such confidence is that even in the Tsarist Russia era, there were not many generals who could win such high-level medals. Therefore, in this Internet age, when there are search directions, it is natural to want to find specific clues about the identity of the opponent. It's much simpler than previously expected.

Especially because the equipment was gold-plated, the part with the user's initials engraved on it was completely preserved, providing them with an obvious direction.

Because this place is close to tourist attractions and the network conditions are pretty good, so after searching the Internet for more than ten minutes, they found this general on a website introducing Russia's World War I.

This general was a Central Asian who had become a cavalry major general at the end of World War I. He was awarded the Second Class St. George Medal for his brave performance and great results in the Brusilov Offensive.

However, he joined the civil war as a member of the White Army in the subsequent civil war, and was then driven eastward step by step until he was defeated for the final time in today's Kazakhstan and disappeared without a trace.

From the current point of view, this general should have died unexpectedly on the way to escape after the army was defeated, and was buried under this land until he was dug out today.

"So this cup probably belonged to him originally, or was a treasure obtained from somewhere in the chaos." Liang En said after reading the found information.

"But in this case, it is not that simple to find clues about this cup, because there are so many possible origins that it is difficult to distinguish them one by one."

The existing information felt a bit confusing, but after a few brief discussions, they decided to carefully examine everything they unearthed to see if there were any valuable clues.

Because under normal circumstances, if a person makes an emergency escape with many important things, he may carry a lot of things with him, and there is a high probability that there will be some things that others can use as clues.

In that kind of extreme panic situation, most people are unlikely to notice whether the various items they carry can perfectly hide their identity.

Especially for a general, he most likely doesn't pack his belongings very much, so he will naturally not pay attention to this when selecting items.

Of course, this definitely does not mean that the other party is an idiot. At least judging from the remains of a lighter, a knife, a pistol and a thick fur coat, the other party should have made certain preparations for this escape.

It's just that the other party never thought that the mountainous areas of Central Asia would be so cold. As a result, he unfortunately froze to death on the snowy mountains until he was later discovered by a herdsman.

"This is -" After carefully putting the completely destroyed tools of the remains into the prepared body bag, Liang En found a rusty copper coin at the bottom of the remains.

The size of this copper coin was just right enough to fit into the side of the previously excavated silver-plated copper cigarette case. On the other hand, it also proved that this lighter should have been the officer's favorite thing during his lifetime.

It is not a strange thing to have currency embedded in something, but the problem is that after inspection, Liang En discovered that the currency embedded in the lighter was actually a Kaiyuan Tongbao coin made of pure gold.

Kaiyuan Tongbao is a currency minted in the Tang Dynasty. In the fourth year of Wude (621 AD), Emperor Gaozu of the Tang Dynasty, in order to rectify the chaotic currency system, the Sui Dynasty money was abolished, and the "Kaiyuan Tongbao" was minted to imitate the strict norms of the five baht in the Western Han Dynasty to replace the society. The remaining five baht.

This kind of currency was also one of the most important currencies in the Tang Dynasty. It was minted from the early years of the Tang Dynasty to the early years of the Song Dynasty. Therefore, this kind of money is now circulating in large quantities and is not considered precious.

But gold Kaiyuan Tongbao like this is another matter. The Tang Dynasty also cast gold and silver Kaiyuan Tongbao. These two precious metal coins were modeled after the copper Kaiyuan Tongbao.

In the Tang Dynasty, Jin Kaiyuan and Silver Kaiyuan were not used as circulating currency. They were mainly used by the royal family and nobles for games, to win, or when the emperor rewarded his subjects. They were not put into circulation, so the amount in existence is very small.

Even before, everyone thought that this was just an illusory record. It was not until 1970 that 30 such gold coins were found in the gold and silverware collection in Hejiacun, which proved the existence of this currency.

But what attracts Liang En now is not the value of the currency itself, but that this gold coin and the previous jade cup can confirm that this person has indeed found an ancient Chinese ruins that should be from the Tang Dynasty.

On the other side of the lighter is an army serial number engraved, which seems to be the old army in which the general once served.

Through inquiries, Liang En and the others learned that this force was originally a small local garrison force stationed by Tsarist Russia in western Kyrgyzstan. It had a small number of people and mostly performed some security maintenance tasks.

The general was assigned to this remote garrison after graduating from the military academy, and then climbed up step by step from there. He was first transferred to the Russian Army Staff Headquarters in St. Petersburg, and then to the Western Front.

"There is something wrong with this situation. This is completely inconsistent with the tradition of promoting officers in Tsarist Russia." After looking at the general's resume, Liang En discovered something was wrong with the situation.

Because this general was just the youngest son of a landowner. Although he had some money, it was nothing in Russia as a whole, so he was sent to such a remote place in the first place.

Therefore, it is very strange that the other party's energy was directly transferred to St. Petersburg, because this transfer is completely inconsistent with the rules, and such irregular places often hide some secrets. .